Given the differences is half-life noted in the article, it would have
been interesting had the SNRI been compared to transdermal estradiol.
Though the route would have been different, the extended release
parameter would have been more similar..

Iatrogenia

05/28/14

Calling
antidepressants
"non-hormonal" is a
misnomer. They are
hormonal, affecting
different hormonal
systems, and clearly
are widespread
hormonal disruptors,
as witness their
very common effects
on sexual response
and, here, the
balance of female
hormones..

This survey is a poll of those who choose to participate and are, therefore, not valid statistical samples, but rather a snapshot of what your colleagues are thinking.

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